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Anyone been there ? I’m assuming the changing demographic of the are has doomed them in.
People don t go to their favorite dive to avoid wives no more. The castrated men now go straight home after work via remote controlled monitoring devices.
Or are people drinking less and there are less married people out there. Or has quality of life gone up that people drink no more ?
Anyone been there ? I’m assuming the changing demographic of the are has doomed them in.
People don t go to their favorite dive to avoid wives no more. The castrated men now go straight home after work via remote controlled monitoring devices.
Or are people drinking less and there are less married people out there. Or has quality of life gone up that people drink no more ?
Not changing demographic. It's become quite pricey to eat out given how inflation is now out of control. Do you order take out? If you actually want to eat and be full, be prepared to spend $40 - 60 on quality grub. Eating out with some quality beer and food at my usual spots was $60 BEFORE inflation. No idea what it is now. I get beer at Whole Foods or specialty beer shops and drink at home and even that isn't cheap, but cheaper than going to a bar. For example a four pack of Chimay Blue is ~$30.00 at Whole Foods. Getting those out, one of my local spots doesn't even carry the blue one anymore. They charge $16.00 for ONE Chimay Red, which is nuts.
Another example... One of my lunch spots now charges $15-16 for a sandwich. Before it was $11-12... Fine, but the quality is not what it used to be, so there's that as well.
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Many people used to go to bars to meet dates/hook ups.
Apps have erased the need to do that now.
You are talking about those bars for kids with 25$ martinis.
Middle aged crowd goes to a bar to unwind, hang out with some friends and avoid home. Get some decent food and just socialize. It’s a social club with booze and music in it. The bars I’m talking about.
I’m a dive bar person. Used to love them. Still like it when I find a special one with some history.
You are talking about those bars for kids with 25$ martinis.
Middle aged crowd goes to a bar to unwind, hang out with some friends and avoid home. Get some decent food and just socialize. It’s a social club with booze and music in it. The bars I’m talking about.
I’m a dive bar person. Used to love them. Still like it when I find a special one with some history.
Tell us more about what’s going on between you and your wife lately……are things still bearable for you at home? Bar is not a part of my growing up and social scenes and couldn’t share the desperation you feel towards closing bars. I do notice that there is a high turnover rate of restaurants in Flushing in the past few years. I eat out less frequently for various reasons. Things probably have been especially tough for hospitality business lately.
Speaking for one: Bars have priced themselves out of business.
You mean min wage, inflation, being shut down by government for a while….
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